The New York Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1871, Page 6

6 WASHINGTON SOCIET 1. Brilltant Reception at Secretary and Mrs. Fish’s, ‘Tho Diplomatic Corps, the President, the Cabi- Bet, the Army, the Navy, the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Literati in Attendance. ELEGANT TOILETS OF THR LADIES, WASHINGTON, Feb, 11, 1871. ‘The gay eeavon is too rapidly waning, and it has ‘Peen woo dashing and Drillianta one for Washing» ‘ten fachionabies to be wild wlth excitement, eager ‘with anticipation, regarding any:hing connected ‘with the gay life in which they whirl, But they are ‘always weil pleased when Secretary and Mrs. Fish || ‘Wrow open their elegant drawing rooms for a card reception, as they did last night. Few, if any, are more agrecable than those given by the Secretary of ®tate and his accomplished wife, and they also Rave ‘the reputation of being unusually select. Judging Srom the immense throng who surged through the rooms there must be a grand army of aristocrats in thenauional capital. Of course the foreign Minis- tere and the potentiates of the land were out in full force. Thearmy and navy were quite well repre- wented. Generals, captains, commanders, judges and many of the éeraté with which Washington is @ooded embraced the opportunity ef paying their wespects to Secretary and Mrs, Fish. Men who by the royal right of character and brains are entitied to their seats In Congress passed tm and out so quietly that one would never have sup- posed them to be honorabie bodies, while other Senators “and Representatives moved about in all ‘heir assumed elegance and manifest pomposity. ‘The wives of these august personages were gorge- ‘oug in purple, fine linem and diamonds. The magni- Avent tollets of many CONGRBSSMEN'S WIVES Gre amoticeable feature of Washington society. You are not surprised at seeing the muillionnaire Chan- @ier’e wife heavily treighted with grandeur, but it Goes Make one open one’s eyes a little wider when Gongressmen’s wives who a few years ago wore in- expensive dresses, and were thankful for them, ome sweeping along in velvets, satins and laces of ‘whe richest texture and blazing in diamonds of the purest waiter. . ‘HB GAYEST, BRIGHTEST BLEMENTS OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY were repres’nted last night. Young belles, en- veloped in perfect clouds of illusion, tarletan ana Jace, would have fluttered about if there had been room for them to flutter; as it was they had to con- tent themselves with beaming upon their escorts, for the limited space they could occupy would not permit them to hold a little court circle of their ‘Own, as it is the delight of every belle’s heart to do. @ia, rouged, biasé women of the world shrugged ‘Weir scrawny shoulders and cast annihilating glances upon the lords of creation who were ap- Propriaung thelr magnificent trains for steplad- d@ere. Many styles of costume were seen, Some ‘were in ful evening dresss and others with scanty shoulder coverings. Bail dresses brushed against @ark colored silks, and every variety of jewels Masned their rainbow hues in the glare of the pril- Nantiy lighted rooms. MRS. BEORETARY FISH. Much has been said in reference to Mrs. Fish’s @ttractive, regal appearance, her finished, peauti- ta) manner, and ber rare mental graces, The term queenly has often been applied to her, and no word ’n our lauguage is more applicable to her. Mrs, Fish is queenly, not afcer the manner of some royal ‘women who vend beneath the burden of a crown, but according to the popular idea of what @ queen shonid be. Many who have never been #0 fortunate as to meet Mrs. Fish may have formed an opinion from the comments of the press that she 4s @ statuesque woman, who encases herself ina coating of ice which the smiles and adalation of no Ordinary mortal can melt, aud that she glances ity D gly down upon the untitled herd of humanity, Bois is Tor from being the case. The expression of her face is gentie, womanly, and it must once have been strikingly beautiful, Time. the great devas- tator of woman's beauty, has dealt re with Mrs, Fish, and none of the absurd artifices to which many fashionable women resort are made use of to conceal the impress it has left; but for the mass of silvery curls which cluster around her face she would be considered many years younger than she is now, although they greatly enhance its charm ard form a more beautifal crown than the rarest gems would compose. Her features are wf cut, and each one is strongly marked wii character, auc her eyes reflect tne sunshine of benevo- ence an the kindest, gentlest heart. Mrs. Fish’s welcome is fone the less cordial be- cause of its dignified elegance. She and Mrs. Gene- Tal Fremont are among the few representatives in Washington of the court circies of the republic in bygone days, MRS. RODGERS, Mrs. Fish’s daughter, who was present last night, and has been assisting her mother in receiving dur- ing the greater part of the season, possesses the grace of manuer and ail the fine points of her mother’s face. She has the same rich, mellow voice and gentle smile, ana, if the rumored c! the ‘Cabinet is made, and Mrs. Fish leaves the capital, ‘Washington society will lose one of its brightest ornaments; but it will still have her prototype if 8. rs ever comes alnong us as a resident. Mrs. Fisi was very elegantly attired in a stone- colored silk, with a deep flounce ot black thread lace running across the two back breadths; over this an overskirt of the same lace was draped, and a th vertha covered the low corsage; a heavy cable chain, with large diamond cross, encircied her neck, and the same jewels sparkled on her arms; acoiffure ef ruby velvet, long sprays of geranium bloems and mother-of-pearl leaves added the bit of brignt coloring which her dress required. Asea-green silk, With Soft traceries of white lace over it, contrasted beautifully with the faint rose bloom ef Mrs. Rodgers’ delicate, patrician face; a Jong spray of tea roses Was wound among her gils- tening, goiden braids, and @ handsome necklace of briliiants flashed on her throat. ARRIVAL OF SENATOR MORTON. Alinost the first person upon whom your eye Yested on entering the room was the massive form of Senator Merton, who was seated on a comforta- bie jounge, apparently watching with inverest the fashionavle throng as they filed through the door, aud the genial welcome that Secretary Fish ex- tended to them. Senator Morton's presence at receptions recently has added quite a novel feature to their interest. ‘The Senator's seat seemed to be a centre of attraction, and numbers of not only keen politicians but the bright-taced belles who grace 80- elcty, and the magnificent looking women who are als reigning queens, paused to exchange a frien lly ‘word with one of America’s greatest statesmen. ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDEN’ Ai twenty minutes past ten o'clock the familtar, ever weicome face of President Grant appeared in the do ‘Of course he was at once surrounded by a circle of acquaintances, and the usual hand-sheking form had to be god through with. The President was accompanied by Miss Felt, of Galena, Hiinois, who 1s a guest at the White House, She is a pleasant-faced, stylish looking young lady, and was exquisitely dressed in a sky blue silk trimmed wich white pomt lace and figished with handsome pink cera! ornuments, SHS TOILEC® OF THE LADIES, General N. P. Banks chatted with Mise Wade, a sister of Mrs. Vice President Coliax. Mites Wade 1s as stately 1n eppearance as her sister, but she has the same gentic, winning mapner. She wore a blue and white silk, with goid ornaments. Cisco, of New York, was much admired ia a diue satin, heavily trimmed with white duchesse Jace, diamonds and blue feathers in her hair. Mrs. Ex-Guverner Morgan was attired as superbly a6 usual in a black velvet, with deep black duchesse flounce on the bottom of skirt, over a fuld of white silk; a biack lace shawl was draped around her shoulders, and diamends and pearls, with a coiffare of white lace, piuk ieathers aud flowers completed her toilet. Mra. Postmaster General Creswell’s pearl-colored silk with white tulle trimmings and peari orna- ments, although not quite as becommg as some brighter color would have been, did not detract from the at*ractiveness of her face. Mra General Fremont presented quite a regal apvearance in @ lavender silk, with black velvet trimmings aud white tread lace bertua, clasped with valuable antique jeweis, Mrs. Dr. Bailey, of Philadelphia, wore a ruby co- Jored satin, With black lace overskixt, ad diamonds, Miss White, of New York, wore an elegant dress of peari-colored gros grain, witu deep black duchesse soauces, and diamonds. Mrs. Denuis, of New York, wore a green moire antique, with white point trimmings, apd stone cameo punampen’s. Miss Dennis appeared in a sal- mon-colored elk, Wrocaded with wiite and trimmed ‘with white silk rac! Miss Anderson,.of New York, wore a white silk trained dress, with # cloud of tlle over it, dotted with Gny bouquets ox variegated flowers and tin- ished with @ handsome scarlet sash. Graceful draperies of blue sgtin, with a mass of heavy white silk [riage swept proges the command- dou form of Mrs, General Hunter. battie-bronzed face, with its genial smile,of her husband appeared at her side, General is as reaay 48 ever to chat over vue old war days, but unlike many Ollitary mea he 18 us muchat home at a festive Scene, sur- rounded by gay belles, as he was aud the Crash aud din of the batile field, Among the toilete which attracted notice because NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1871.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. ponsonreentin Fee Nene nee mmm Ccaathr GING SIP ORURaANAAERIER TTS FEET SANE ORE AeA IONI LLG SRD METAS AL RPRIALLET RN ANCL GPS ATT TRA Os Oe a a YB Fhe as a was that of Mrs. Zho- oan: oe sail lanes ee robed 1n rich white ailk, with biack veivet and thread lace trimmings: Yong leaves studded with diamonds were scattered here and there on her low corsage pearl aud diamon Roakiace encircled her throat, and a large spray of gold flowers spiinkled with a dewdrops blazed above her brow, — Her daughter wore @ pink silk, the overskirt looped with black veivel bows and @ velvet 5 @ Deck: wg many rows of pearls was woun ‘A much admired dress was worn by Mrs, Jones, of Beas It was a od cherry-oolered hint with deep flounce of sively fue Thee and’a draved 0 rt of the same lace. ‘A woilet which would have done justice to Worth was worn by Mrs, Farwell, another California lady, Snd was composed of black. gros grain with a bi thread lace dounce over white. A thread overskirt Was looped'with-scariet and saimon colored roses over white stik, and @ wreath of the same flowers Was worn around her head. ‘Mra. General Babcock wore a becoming dress of per ey me Cs ad ‘white silk; handsome in as nck inc ger attired in ight green with white bion ngs. liases Grubb were muoh admired; Misa Lilly in blue silk and Mss Daisy a rose color, with mus- Mn end lace quttlings and pig, roses around the low core: re. ane the hosta of Giengaicnad guests were Sir Edward Thornton, General ‘and ladies, Gene- ral Schenck, Secretary Boutwell, W. W. Corcoran, Judge Dentand lady, Secretary and Mrs. Delano, the Argentine Minister, Senator Nyc and daughter, Major and Mrs. Emory, Ju: and Mrs, Wooaward, Dr. and Mrs, Newman, Judge and Mrs, Bancrott, and Colonel and Mra. Feavenden, THE LIEDERKRINZ BALL, The annual dal masque of the Liederkranz So- clety is looked forward to cach year with eager an- Uclpation by the numerous devotees of Momus and Terpsichore, It is the event of the ball season and the only occasion on which Prince Carnival may be looked for in all. his gorgeousness and merriment. The factof the Arions giving up their grand dal ‘masque this season leaves the ficld entirely in the possession of the joliy sons of the Liederkranz. This ball wili take place on Tuesday evening at the Academy of Music, and, to judge from the unprece- dented demand for tickets, all the world and his ‘wife will be there. It has been the constant aim of the Society to make each ball more brilliant than its predecessors, and on this occasion they will pre- Sent & burlesque spectacle, fouuded on AN OLD GERMAN LEGEND. The great Emperor a did not retire from active life in the customary manner that becomes the monarch as well as but in place thereof retired to his Kiffneeuser (an old ruined castle), on the summit of an inaccessibie mountain, and, shutting himself in and leaning his head on a large round stone table, went off in a quiet slumber of afew hundred yeare, being bound ‘to continue in this sommolent state as long as those noisy busybodies, the rooks, Mew arousd the castle ke which they would keep doing until the whole of Germany was united in one of nation. Tne scene exhibits the mountain and the Kihaeuser, and also @ distant view of the spire of Strasbourg cathedral, from which the French Baaperoy curiously surveys the il-ou rooks. Subsequently be takes a fancy to pelting them with stones, and they fall, one after the other. When the last has disap- peared the spell is broken, and so is the long sieep of Frederick Barbarossa; for, the mountain Opening, discovers him wide awake. Walking around the stone table, the ortnodox, three umes he announces that at ‘ast Germany 18 whoily uuited, The genius of the new empire Now appears, and summons Katser William, his court and the heads of the different States to assemble in preparation for the coronation of the new Emperor-of Germany. It has been a byword among the German nationalities tbat so many of separate States could never be sheltered under one hat. To controvert this, a mommoth hat descends and covers ull the assembled potentates, The grand comic procession im which the fun is eliminated now commences; the oddest gathering of living caricatures of historic people takes place; récent opponents fraternize in luai- creus wa: uhlans, cos, imperial guards, gouaves and mobiles are jumbled together; Deutcher Michel 1s there with his comic songs; Kutachke carries dragon menagerie cages filled with living burlesque trophies of the war; porters bring on bun- dies of muskets warranted not to go off and labelled “presented to France in exchange for millions of dollare.”” Overgrown fat Pari cooks exhibit bilis of fare when Paris revelled in abundance, and are followed by lean and lank prolessors ef the culi- nary art, whose chief comestibles are dogs, rats, cats and ‘other small deer.”” AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS. ‘What Queens County Sends to the New York Markets. Now that the question of markets is being agi- tated, the productions of Long Island and thelr rela- tion to the markets of this city 1s a subject of some interest, The Long Island farmers entertain the idea that the New York markets would be but poor marts of industry without the addition of their pro- duce, and such is undoubtedly the case. The pro- auctions of the West and those of New Jersey are very valuable in their season, but when the crops of Long Island become marketable the productions of these soils have become well nigh exhausted. The following, which is a compilation from the statistics of the census marshal, will serve to convey a faint idea of the amount of produce raised in Queens county for the year 1870, The whole number of acres of improved land 13 114,188; the whole number of acres of unimproved land 1s 18,802; number of acres of woodland, 34,566; present value of farms, $24,026,250; value of farming imple- ments and machinery, $1,057,911; wages paid for labor, 1acluding board, $1,064,088; number of herses, 8,537, number of mules and asees in the county, 286; rrumoer af milch cows, 10,000; workin oxen, 680; promiscuous cattle, 2,898; number o shee! 8,896; number of swine, 9,151; value of all live stock, $1,003,554; bushels of spring wheat raised, 190; bushels of winter wheat, 84,6025 ef rye, 65,814; bushels of Indian corn, sheiled, 296,550; bushels of oats, 147,302; bushels of barley, 7,029; bushels of buck- wheat 939; peas and beans, in the pod, pot bushels; clover seed, 190 bushels; other grass > 500 bushels; tons of hay, 43,732; tobacco, 600 lbs.; Wool, 8,789 ibs,; butter, 400,000 Ibs.; hops, 500 Ibs. ; wax, 104 Ibs.; honey, 2,385 Iba.; gallons of wing sold, 891; gallons of milk sold, 1,436,921; value of products of market gardens, $1,000,000; value of orchard products, $50,630; value of home manufac- tures, $52,480; value of animals raised for beef, $354,432; estimated value of all products, $4,276,168, A FiGHTING FEMALE. ‘The Assault on Mrs. Leobrey—Her Ante-Mer- tem Statement--Rearrest of Mrs. Tysen. oroner Young late on Saturday evening called at 500 West Fifty-first street for the purpose of taking the ante-mortem statement of Mrs. Catharine Lohrey, alleged to have been dangerously beaten by Mrs. Jane Tyson, as heretofore reported in the HERALD. Dr. Mars found the injured lady ina very precarious condition and scarcely able to answer the questions propounded. Mrs, Lohrey stated that about half-past four o'clock on the afternoon of the 3d inst. Mrs, Jane Tyson entered the shop of her (the wit- ness’s) husband, who is a shoemaker, and asked if the boots she had previously left for repairs were finished. Mr. Lobrey replied in the negative, when Mrs. Tyson commenced scolding and using bad lan- guage. Mr. Lobrey told her to go out, but she, striking her fist on the counter, declured SHE WOULD NOT LEAVE. At this time Mrs. Lohrey was in the back room, and, when the counter was struck, went into the store and, opening the door, said, “Please, Mrs. Tysop, go oul,” ut she refused to go, and at the same time struck Mrs. Lohrey in the face with her fist. Mr. Lohrey then sent his little boy out for an officer, whereupon the excited female seized Mrs. Lohrey by her clothes and dragged her out of the place and struck her on the right side of the head with one of the boots. Mra. Tyson then dragged her disabled vic- ‘um further out and again STRUCK HER WITH A BOOT on the left side of the head near the temple, infict- ing @ wound from which the blood flowed freely. Not yet satisfied, Mrs. Tyson pushed Mra. Lohrey against the show window of the store, thus injuring her back severely. The wounded woman remembers nothing more, and cannot say whether er assailant syas drunk oF not. On the above testimony 8 verdict was rendered against Mrs. Tyson, and by order of Coroner Young she was re-arrested, and will be commitied to the Tombs to await the resnlt of Mrs. Lohrey’s injuries. Asa KITTLE, THE BLIND MURDERER.—The Attor- ney General visited this city yesterday aud held a long consultation with District Attoruey Banker In relation to the case of Asa Kittie. The Circutt Court, Juage Hogeboom preaching, will weet on Monday next, aud the Oyer aud Terminer on the following Week, when the District Attorney intends to move ‘the trial of the prisoner upgn the indictment for the Murder of his father and mother. The Attorney General and District Attorney agree upou one thing, hat it would be jittie jess tian inhuman to try the bilnd and haif-idiotic boy npon the capital charge; but as the law now stands thore Js no other alierna- tive presented. The Attorney General returned to Albany and promised to consult the Governor and Ju- Gictary Committee of the Senate as to the expediency of passing a law granting judges power in cases of this kind—wben the prisoner is blind and partially idiotic or deaf and duinb—to confine them in some asylum or retreat Otler than @ State prison. If the propriety of such a law is admutted by these gentie- men the Attorney General will draw up such bill aud ask the lature to pass it, in which case Kittle’s trig! will go over to the June session of the court, otherwise it will proceed week after next.—. Trou Times, Fev, li, . he ; a magnificent | MUSIC AND THE DRAMA! Signor Albites essays Malian Opéis iiext Week at | the Academy with Miss Nininger, his pupil, and Mme. Gazzamga, his wife. Signor Baril! makes a similar venture this week at the Union League theatre with a choice company of ‘his pupils, ‘The brilliant pianist, Wehil, inaugurates a series of Wednesday matinées at Bootn’s this week, with soprano, tenor and bass assistants, The unfortunate victims of Strasbourg are to have ® benefit concert at Steinway Hall on Wednesday, at which five vocalists and eight fnstrumentaliste will appear. On the following evening J. P, Morgan will lead his Euterpe cohort threugh the horrors of the Wal- purgis night at Association Hal), and Mills will throw gleam of Chopin across the performance. Madame Varian Hoffman makes her bow in the same hall to-morrow in a benetlt concert, supported by three other singers, @ pianist, @ Qutist and a dra- matic reader, Marie Krebs 1s determined te make her piano re- citals a permanent success, if perseverance can ac- complish anything. She promises another oue of them for Saturday afternoen at Stein way’s. ‘That admirable organization, the Glee and Madri- Ga) Society, give one of their interesting concerts at the same hall on Friday for the benefit of the Wo- man’s Aid Society. Dr. Clare Beames and Misa Annie Mixsell were the features ol the sixty-third organ concert at Ply- mouth church on Saturday, This week Dr. Vauder Weyde wil! play and a male quartet will sing from a choice programme. ‘On the 2ist inst. the second cencert of the Church Music Association will take place at Steinway H all. Beethoven’s mass in C and Haydn's Seasons form ‘the bilh These concerts are very interesting, both in the excellence of the chorus ana orchestra and the bigh standard of the works performea, While the preparations for the production of the Offenbachian opera, “Les Georgiennes” are going en the operatic carnival still continues at the Grand Opera House. What with the scraps of four operas and the attractions of four prime donne, three tenors and a ballet every night, no one can com- plain of variety at this house. THB DRAMATIC BILL OP FARR for this week possesses little novelty, as long runs are in order, ‘There 18 no change at the Fifth Avenue, Booth’s, Olympic, Niblo’s, Théftre Frangais (why is te name changed to Fourteenth Street!) and Lina Ed- win’s, “Home” will be revived at Wallack’s to-night, with the manager’s well known impersonation of Colonel White and Miss Madeline Henriques in one of her best parts. Poor Rovertson’s ‘‘Birth” is still underlined for early production. This evening Mme. Seebacn repeats her admirable impérsonation of Adrienne Lecouvreur at the Stadt, and on Wednesday she will play Ophelia, for the first time, to Mr. Dombrovoski’s Hamlet. Her long and brilliant engagement is (ast drawing to @ close, to-night being the one hundred and first perform- ance she has given in America, The Bowery has been indulging lately mm a series of sensations of the most startling kind, The play this evening, ‘‘Pomp,’’ will probably cap the climax, for we cannot seo how sensation can be carried further, There will be a genuine Mississippi steam- boat explosion, @ new railroad horror and @ duel across a table. Miss Glyn, the distinguished tragédienne, com- mences a series of dramatic reedings at the Union League theatre this evening. The tirst play she will recite ts “Macbeth’’—a dinicult and trying test of her powers, On Wednesday she will essay “The Merchant of Venice.” We trust that there will be @D opportunity afforded our public to witness the Cleopatra or Duchess of Mulfi of this talented Jady at one of our theatres. Rustlings from the Wings. Daly has secured Messrs Le Moyne and Grimths, of Bosten, for his Fifth Avenue Theatre company next season. John McDonough will take the “Black Crook,” With all ite paraphernalia, te Phila delpuia when the public here grow tired of it. Itis reported that George Clarke has lett Wal- lack’s, having refused to play in the comedy of “Birth.? He will likely devote humself to the man- agement of Lina Edwiu’s theatre. ‘Mr. und Mrs, Barney Williams sail for Rurope this spring, baving effected engagements in Eugland which will detain them there for five years. Mr. W. B. Canill nas seceded from the Lydia Thompson troupe, and appears to-uigns in the bur lesque of “‘Lucrezia Borgia” at Wood’s Museum, In the Country. Miss Rosaile Jack played Little Nell at the Acade- my, New Orleans, on Sunday week, beiug a day ahead of Lotta at the St. Charles, Lefranc’s high C and Biilon’s pas de haut are the attractions at tne New Orieans Opera House. The lady would be a valuable addition to the “Black Crook.” Lawrence, the baritone, sang in ‘‘The Marriage of Figaro” at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, to oblige Mrs. Seguin, for whose beneiit the epera was given. Edwin Adams and George Boniface are dividing the attention of the fe i a at their respective theatres, and Lingard, who with the latter, re- celves but scant notice. A young an wrote to a Western stage m: r a Coe day bro = vt boat two wy nln ie ought he would prefer to begin as & grav r in “Hamlet.” He didn’t want to be None’ of them tall grave-diggers,” put thought he could come on and “sort of boss the job.’ The German vpera Company, from the Stadt theater, in this city, are likely to come to grief in Chicago. The management foolishly entrustea the money Matters into the hands of a well known operatic dabbier, and the returns became beauti- fuliy less, until they ceased entirely. Foreigu Items. Mr. Herrmann, “‘prestidigitateur,”” has taken a lease of Egyptian Hall, London, for marvels of con- juring and sleight-of-hand transformations. Liszt has been invited by M. Bismarck to take the direction of the Berlin Acauemy of Music in the Place of Joachim, The great Albert Hall, originally fixed to be inau- gurated by her Majesty on the ist of May, is to be opened at the end of March, In one of her performances at the Petersburg Opera Pattl met with an accident through entang- ling her foot in a large robe which she wore in her role, The lady, however, was able to go on with her pee and recetved only a few slight contusions on @ hands and knee, Among the young German defenders of Fatherland before the wails of Paris is the youngest son of Hugo Pierson, the composer ot “Hezekiah” and “Jerusa- lem,’ @ cadet (ensign) in the Seventh infantry regi- ment, Wurtemberg division, a regiment distin- guished for participation in the hottest conflicts, M. Wientawski, the violiuist, has conctuded a two years engagement with Mr. Ullman, During the rst year he is to play at concerts in Europe, at a monthly Salary of 5,000 francs, and during the second in America, at a monthly salary of 10,00) francs. In consequence of this engagement he will n bis post in St, Petersburg. Melbourne seems to be in a flutter on the question of the copuection petween morality and ar. A Miss Gertrude pare bas been giving gymnastic per- lormances, which bave raised an inquiry as to far the nudity permissible to @ statue is to be al- lowed in the case of a female acrobat. Here 1s some of the disgusting sycophancy that oc- casionally disfigures London art journals. The Or- chestra 1 responsible for it:—“Her Royal Highness the Princess.of Wales has been Soe phe Pleased to accept a presentation copy of Mr. Jobn Francis Bar- uett’s new cantata, ‘Pargdise and the Peri.’ "” With respect to Londoh operatic prospects for the ensuing season, Mr. Mapieson has already secured Drory Lane aud one of the most powerful operatic companies ever collected in one theatre. Nilsson will return from America to jom the company early in the season, and rumor accredits Sir Michael Costa with ao intention of again wielding the or- chestral baton. Signor Ernesto Roest, the eminent Itailan actor, will, it is sald, appear in his native country previous to his departure for America, in two new dramas by Proiesser Angelo De Gubernatis, the plots of which are founded on seme of the finest tragic episodes de- scribed Ip Italian poetry. Of one of these dramas, “Ji Re Nala,” a dramatic tritogy, the secona part has already been periormed; the other, “La Morte del Re Dagarata,” in two acts, has only just been Snighed, A London paper thus speaks of an American prima donna at the Lyceum in “The Elxit of Love:!’—Mile, Maria Callato (an American, if we are righty in- formed), to whom was lutrusted the character of Adina, fh addition to a soprano voive which, thhousit not poweriul, is bright and flexible, cided capabiliti Her conception of possesses de- Witu youth toenhance their value. the piquant coquette is natura) and good. She sang the music for the most part very well—especially the wel) known duet in which the young Village maiden shows herself ay overmatch for the wily chariatan, Dulcamara. A committee of gentlemen have been formed in the United States for the purpose.of establishing Italian opera on the same complete scale as the London establishments, for New York, Boston, MUSICAL REVIEW, Where has been 4 consideraple faliing off this season In the music publishing business, and some of the larger houses have entirely given up Ameri- can works, confining themselves to the republica- ton of European, which cost them nothing. We regret to say, also, that these leading houses have ot yet evinced the least inclination to do justice to composers, but still continue to accept ana publish works without the slightest intention of paying for them. The younger houses are steadily progress. ing, although slowly, owing to the unprecedented stagnation in the music trade this season. The pub» Ushers of cheap music have become objects of enmity and dread to HE DICTATORIAL BOARD OF MUSIC TRADE, to judge from the following circumstance:—Ernst Reinking, the agent of the celebrated German houses of Peters and Breithof? and Haertel, wished to advertise in the large circniar and catalogue ~ issued by the Board of Music Trade. The advertisement was refused and sent back, because one of the Board, a Mr, Rassell; of Boston, objected to the dangerous inroads which cheap music was making in the monopolists’ preserves, This circumstance 1s suf- ficient t explain the narrow-minded polioy and despotic character of thas Board. Another season or two, when the young houses attain their fall growth, will suffice to crush this monopoly and bring music within the reach of ail classes, The prices 1ixed every summer at the annual meeting of the Board are outrageously high, especially as in the expenses of publication the composers are left out of the question, The same iniquitous system prevailed tn England for a long time, until it was swept away by the publishers of cheap music. Peo- ple here will soon grow tired of paying seventy-five cents or ene dollar for a plece of music which costs the publisher but one-fourth of that amount, WILLIAM HALL AND BON publish one of Gottschalk’s caprices under the name of “Solitude,” evidently a misnomer, as there is more light and buoyancy in the work than the Badness and gloom we are apt to associate with solitude. The spirit is somewhat like Chopin in his happier moods, and the vase figure which frames the theme bizarre and novel. G, SCHIRMER publishes the following:— “Pavane Favorite de Louis XIV.” Fred. Brisson. ‘This is an old Frencb dance ofa serious cast, which 3s remarkable only for its quaintness, and posseases little interest for the present generation. “Vienne Galop.” Ketterer. The works of this eminent composer are always welcome, There isa spirit and manly strength about them which con- trasts agreeably with the MAUDLIN SENTIMENTALITY and dulness of many other salon writera of the present day. This galop has the ring of the true Metal in tt. “Pricre a la Vierge Marie.” L. Albites. A simple and taking melody, very Weil arranged. The second pene seems tous familiar and of Italian opera origin. “OQ Salutaris.” W.F. Pecher. This is indeed a perfect hisie gem, amd no church soprano could de- sirea more pleasing melody, Itis by the organist of St. Peter’s church, Barclay street, “Leichtes blut Polka.” Johann Strauss. One of the most populag of this renowned sa/on writer's ‘works. “Aquarellen Waltzes.” Joseph Strauss. These are not, by any means, up wo the general standard of this unrivalled waltz composer. ‘The themes are weak, with the exception of one, which seems to be borrowed from the celebrated “Faust Waltz” of Gounod. “Minuet.” Haydn. A little gem, charming in its very simpiicity. “I Wait for Thee, My Only Love,” Serenade. Stella. There is not! particularly interesting in us Hong. but enough of monotony to destroy it. “The Fox.” Comic Song, R. F. X. The eight verses are funny enough and deserve veiter and more characteristic music. DITSON & CO. publish the following:— ‘Poetry of Metion.”” Danse caprice, Whitney. ‘This 1s evidently a misnomer, for the composition is the opposite of poetry. It is an incoherent aitair, badly arranged, with a few thoughts gleaned from Chopin and Strauss, One or two of the cadenzas show very little acquaintance with plano writing on the part of the composer. “Those Scenes Which Were 80 Dear to Me.” The Georgian Maid’s Farewell. Song. H. Schoeller, Rather dull and uninteresting, with a meagre, com- mon place tneme. “Pizzicato Polka.” Strauss, This has been made familiar to the public throagh the medium of ‘Thomas’ renowned orchestra. The plano arrange- pond pererer does not convey the spirit of the original “You Know How It Is: Yourself Polka.” Joseph Pozmanski. We are surprised to find such an art- iat’s name attached to such a trifitng affair. Lyon & Healy, Chicago, publish an idyi by Kohler, called ‘*Tue Reaper and his Love.” Itis an exceed- ingly pretty little thing, graceful and poetic in its themes and treatment. PETERS rete the following compositions of G. Opert! le accomplished conductor oi Nibio’s orchestra:— “Lotos Waltz.” Something ja the Strauss line, but entirely original and destined to become de- servedly popular. “When the Dow on the Rose,” ballad, sung iy constructed, but the by Lotta. Very artist theme ts not desirable. From the “Black Creok” we have the following selections by the same composer:— “March of the Amazons.” The old march is here dressed up in becoming attire anu a couple of choruses are skilfully introduced. The arrangement 1s very effective. “I Said to My Love.” A beautiful song which Miss Pauline Markam sings in the spectacle. A hideous picture, supposed to be the fair cantatrice, ee reo the title page. “Flower Dance Mazurka.” One of the Terpsicho- rean gems in the spectacle. *,Oh, No, Not in Those Beots,” and “He's Naughty, but He’s Nice.” Two very clever little comic songs, sung by Miss Fat Wece. nny Prestige in the same p: J. Schuberth & Co. publish the following EXTRAORDINARY WORK. “Theorle of the Production of Vocal Sounds and the Art of Singing, based on Physiological and Mathematical Principles; a School of singing for the Natural Treatmeut and Artstical Development of the Human Voice,” by Marco Duschnitz. We give the whole title, exactly as it 1s written, of this remarkable work, the price of eack copy being ten dollars, We received @ copy of it some time ago, and must confess that we were at a loss to know what on earth the book meant, aud how any nian in the nineteenth century could devote years te the pro- duction of 235 pages of the veriést nonsense that ever emanated from the human brain. There 13 enough algebra and geometry in it wo recommend it to grammar schools, and metaphysics for Harvard College. As Mr. Duschnitz very aptly re- marks in his preface:—‘To introduce in prac- u singing &@ mathematical formula, 18, in- deed, an unheard of, ae of temerity. Do we sing formule or vocal Square roets?? Why, then, does Mr. Duschnitz insist upon it? Again we have pages of anatomy appropriate only for medical students, ‘The idea of the author is, and AN INSANE DEA IT 18, that the delicate human organ called the voice can be operated upon the simeasasteam engine, He reduces the entire art of singing to @ science and throws in the crude voice at one end, expecting it to come out.at the other in a perfect state, with the stamp of artist upon if, like the blank paper that passes through the printing press and comes eut a newspaper. According to this system soprangs, altos, tenors and bassos can be manulactured ac- cording to order and labelied READY FOR THE MARKET. Wd English translation of this extraordinary work 18 very bad and makes most amusing and in- coherent remarks. There is but one true school of singing, and that ts the Italian, or at least Italians understand it best. The human voice 1s too deli- cate, too variable and too susceptible a subject to be trained according to mathematical principles, The same house publishes Ketterer’s superb transcriptions of “Crispino ela Comare” and “Un Ballo m Maschera.” Both of them are brilliant to the highest degree, ERNST REINKING publishes the unrivalled edition of classical works, such as those of Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, &c., which are got up in @ style superior to any similar publications in America, = - Schuberth’s editions of ‘“Spohr’s Life,” and “Beethoven's Life and Letters,” contain the fullest and most Interesting details of the careere of those s.eat composers, THE SHOOTING AFFBAY AT MORLEY, MO.—DEATHO OF THY MAN SHOT.—Jobn H. Larkin, the engineer of @ gravel and construction train on the Iron Moun- talon Railroad, was shot at the town of Morley on Sunday Jast, and died yesterday morning at the Sisters’ Hospital on Fourth and Spruce streets, Some particulars of the asfair have already veen published, but the following statement was given by the iriends of the devessed revious to his death at the hospital, On Sunday rneon the deceased had a dispute with a man named Kane, one of the oficials on the road. Their quarrel was apparenti at an end, and Larkin was walking along the trac! when, it 18 alleged, his opponent Kane appeared from the opposite side of a locomotive, drew his Pistol and shot hinrin the left breast, Kane was im- mediately arrested. Mr. Larkin was about thirty jan of age, and a single man. He was much jiked by those who knew him, He has an aged mother and @ sister living in the State of New York.—St. Louts Republican, Fev. 10. THE ALBANY Express MESSENGER.—Mr. Thomas A. Halpine, the Wounded express messenger at_Al- bany, is ri aly recovering. Ina iletter to a friend he says: (nis has been a pretty tight saueeze for ine. 1 did not expect to live fifteen minutes alter I had given the alarm. All | asked foy was to see my Philadelphia and Chicago, Their operations are Itkely to extend to London, One gentieman, @ ‘dr. lealer,” has contriluted $50,000 a6 his share, for & guarantee; four other leading men of the town. have promised Lveral contrfoutionae onion Musi- cal Wor' Baron Munchausen is not dead yet, aud | London seems to be his present residence, wife and child, and J could have let 0 my hold pretty easy, I had no hopes untit Sunday, when I told my wife that if I weathered that night} thought I might get weil. Nothing but the videntiai mnter- position of God saved my life that night,"7” ART NOTES. Byron M. Fivkett. we have already given @ brief description, was un- ‘Veiled the other evening at the Bogardus Gallery, -on Broadway, ‘he figure is o: heroid sae, The face, with @ pleasant smie playlug around the tips, is a striking Ukeneés of the venerable inventor, who is repre- sented as if on the eve of developing some graud idea, By an allowable poetto license the beard is made somewhat fuller than necessary; but this en- hances the dignity of the countenance. The stiff ness of modern dress 1s relieved by a cloak, with a heavy fur collar. This cloak, falling from the left side, 1s held up by the leit hand, which holds a tele- graphic despatch—the first message sent by the cable, The other hand rests upon @ small tele- Graphic instrament which lies npon acolumn, The attitude is easy and tho whole statue is instinct with life, A number of distinguished citlzens and “several ladies were present at the unveiling of the statue, Lys ‘after being cast in bronze at an ex- pense of ,000—the aum contributed for Ca par nited States will be.erected in Central Park next April, onthe anniversary of the eightieth birth of Mr. Morse, Another meritorious work by Mr. Pickett—a bust of heroic size of Mr. W. M. Tweed—was unvetled ‘at the annual tion of the Fifteenth Ward W. M. ‘Tweed Association, on Monday evening, at the Me- tropolitan Hotel, The Artists? Fund Society. ‘The auction sale, by Mt. Robert Somerville, of the ‘Works contributed by the members of this soclety amounted to the handsome sum of $10,400, Among the princtpal picture dealers who were pyrchasers at this sale were Messrs. Avery, Knoedler, Schaus and Sypher, First Annual Salp of Works by American Artiste, ‘The first of the contemplated direct annual sales of works by American artusts will come off at the Somerville Art Gallery on tne 20th of February. Sixty or seventy of the most prominent New York artists have already sent in their contributions, It 4 to be hoped that they have wisely sent some of their very best specimens, and not the refuse which accumulates are many years in the studios of even the most celebrated painters. GoupiPs Gallery, ‘The Hew pictures which command special atten- tion at this gallery are a conscientiously painted landscape by Andreas Achenbach; ‘Highland Sheep,” by Rosa Bonheur; ‘Puritan and Cavalier,” by Professor Camphausen; “Children in the Woods,”” Dy Meyer Von Bremen; “A Flower Piece,” by M. J, leader; ‘Newport Rocks,’* by W.T. Richards; ‘Lake Champlain,” by Alexander Laurie, and superb portrait of Jndge Perrin, admirable alike in drawing, color and expression, by J. Roy Kobertson, Schans? Gallery. j The excellent ‘‘Plassan,” which has iately been 60 much admired at Schaus’ Gallery, has been sold; but Meyer Von Bremen’s ‘Rest by tne Wayside,” Verboeckhoven’s “Sheep,” one of the finest pasto- rals 4 this popular artist, and W. Ambert’s “Far trem Home,” together with other superior speci- mens of European and American painters, attract a8 many visiters as usnal to this always crowded gattery. One. of Kensett’s pees. bought by Mr. haus at the recent artist fund sale, is now on ex- hibition here, _ Guraey’s Gallery. Among thé fresh illustrations of the eMclency of Photography as the handmaiden of art afforded by Gurney’s gallery, on Fifth avenue, must be’specified several admirable portraits of Mr. Edwin Booth, the first which have ever been taken of him in charao- ver. TWO possess the additional interest of actuality, Tepresenting Mr. Booth as Richelieu, the one at the moment when he exclaims, ‘‘What’s this? Give tc me!” in act IV., and the other when he tells the king, “If you must love something, sire, love me,” in ecene 3, act V. T'wo others represent him as I “Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him”—“Thus doI ever make my fool my purse.” — “Othelle,” act I., scene 8, Two more represent him as Hamlet—‘“To be, er not to be?’’ act IL, acene 1; “Who's grave is this, sirran 7’? act V., scene 1. It 1s intendea to continue this remarkable series of Mr. th’s portraits in character. Gerhard’s masterly portrait of Booth as Hamiet is on exbibi- tion at Gurney’s, The Art Cabinet. The successful sales of works of art recently made down town by Messrs. Johnston & Van Tassell have encouraged these gentlemen to add to their auction mart, 37 Nassau street, a little bijou of a gallery, tobe known as ‘The Art Cabinet.” A noticeable collec- tion of paintings is already on exhibition here, con- sisting of American, French and German specimens, These are on free exhibition and will be sold at auc- tion on Wednesday, ieee AES Among them are ood examples of William rt, J. F, Crops Ww. < Brown, A. H. Wyant, H. J. Blauvelt, Arthur Par- m, W. Mi ith, J. Pope and J. Williamson, American artista, and of Kobie, Schlessinger, Addiphe Ernest and other foreign artists. One o! the pleasantest places of call down town 1s as+ 8 this little “Art Cabinet.” Exhibition of Pictures at the Unton League > Club, The monthly exhibition of pictures at the Union League Club was made on Thursday evening, Feb- roary 9, EASTMAN JOHNSON, ‘The largest and most important picture exhibited ‘was “The Old Stage Coach,” by Eastman Johnson. 4n abandoned coach, without wheels, among the weeds; & party of a dozen or more boys and girls enjoying the lovely summer day and “making be- eve” taking a ride. The driver is on the box, hold- ing the reins with mimic skill. Tae boys who form the team chafe under the tight rein. The rauengers are disposing themselves inside and outside, Here are the fine lady, with her gay parasol; the young mother, with her babe, and the starter, impetuousiy beckoning to the laggard, with her bandbox, wno is running down the lane from the old farmhouse. All distinct type “You The pict smacks of the rural districts, oh ana Its color is rich and Eee 4 For clearness, vigor and the other quali- ties which should distingwsh a work of art tho production will be Renee acknowledged the Mmasterplece of this truly American artist, KENSETY exhibited a “Lake George,” which, We hear, goes to @ gentleman residing in Rome, BREVOORT sent a very fine landscape. BRADFORD one of his most important works, a ‘Ship Caught Among the Icebergs,” WYANT was represented by the most highly finished picture ‘Seb. ,Which we have seen—tA Pool on the AUu- PROFESSOR WEIR, of West Point, had a portrait of General Scott, but it dia not give very strongiy either the vigor of Scott's Manhoed or the characteristics of his old age. HUBBARD, BRISTOL, COLMAN, WHITTREDGE and others had landscapes marked by their respec- tive styles, MARSHALL, our best American ej wer, exhibited & well painted and life-like portrait of James T. Fields, of Boston, HICKS had @ capita) head, ‘A Lady of the Old School.’ HAYS a carefully finished study of deer. HALL @ Spanish girl and a stndy of lacs. VEDDER @ scene in Italy, RATON, solidly painted portrait of a lady, rich in color, MAGRATH, a sketchy bit of the heroine of a novel. GAYLORD, an interior, with an artist of the fifteenth century in very red tights, J. W. WOOD had a very strong water color of a farmer absorbed in @ profound calculation. BOUGHTON, @ small exterior with two figures, “Enoch Arden.’ R. Ms PRATT, 4 careful little interior, “The Young HouseKeeper.”’ SEVERAL FOREIGN ARTISTS Were algo represented, and the collection as a whole ‘was superior in value and interest to the average monthly exhibitions at the clubs, iMlastrating ‘The Palette Club Will celebrate its second anniversary by a grand artistic display, @ concert, a play and a ball at Allemania Hall, No, 18 Sixteenth mtroehy between Union square erty Fifth avenue, on February 20, The tickets for this exceptional festival are already in great demand, THE OLDEST HoRN.—A gentieman of Williams- Port, Pa., has in his on & Most curious relic, 4n the shape of an old powderhorn. It was made in the year 2,700 by a German who settled in Maryland. During the Indian incursions he was driven to Jamestown and finally killed. ‘The horn then passed into his son's ion, By bim it was in the revolutionary war and worn at Yorktown + When Cornwalis surrendered. From him it through two generations to ite present possessor, On one wide of the horn is an eteting of the lion and the unicorn, rampant, and on the r Cornwallis in the act of snrrendeting to Washington. This last ‘was cut at Yorktown, 1781. Jt also in — characters the Word “Hora” and the date “1,700,” expect to give mese “Grihe fuae in about b loreal MARYLAND'S BLACK FRIDAY. ‘This soulptor’s statue of 8. F.B. Morse, of which | The Three Executions in That, State Last Week. ww “> Diagraceful Scenes Attending Them—The Days of Claude Duval and Sixteen String Jack Revived— Howard's Last Supper—Midnight Revelry in the Condemned Cell—A Jolly Gulprit and 4 Jolly Sheriff—“Love Among the Ropes’? * ’ Under the Shadow of the Scaffold Dramatic Accompaniments to the Death Penalty—Hanging Poor Little Colored Girl, 4 WasuIncTon, Feb, 12, 1871, ‘The ciroumstances attending all three of the pu pe Mo executions in Maryland on Friday last~full a4 counts of which appeared in the HERALD of Sat ; day—and especially the manifestations of a morbi -) curiosity on the part of the people to witness fearful acts, as well ag the seemingly unnecessar’ { measures adopted by the oMctals to” Li s..- GRATIFY THAT CURIOSITY, ‘ are almost sufficient to snake the belief of th Warmest advocates of capital punishment in its effle cacy as a means of preventing crime, by inspiring; dread of the penalties of the law. ‘The hanging Howard at Cumberland was » case in point. There seemed to be an effort to have the day of executiom regarded much in the light of A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, while all the arrangements for the dread seemed to have been inspired by a close study of the precedents laid down in “Sixteen String Jack,’ “Claude Duval,’ and similar works in the yellow cover class of literature. Even to the MIDNIGHT SUPPER 1 in the condemned cell on the night prior to the exe~ cution, were these precedents followed, in the , of Howard. On Thursday night, shortly after aweive o’clock Howard, together with the Sheriff, (a fi representative of the burly, tony aerial sheriff of olden times in England) and nis assistant sat down toa BOUNTIFUL OYSTER SUPPER, during which conviviality reigned, and the com demned man, who was possessed of fair vocal abile on “LOVE AMONG THE ROSES’? and similar ditties. ‘The original plan for the procession to the scat-‘ fold provided that Howard should be dressed in his! white shroud and seated on his coflin in & wagon, flanked on either side by the military and ‘This arrangement was modified at a late hour, per: haps at the instance of the clergymen, and How: RODE IN A HACK } with these reverend gentlemen; but the militia, on i hundred strong, preceded by a band, soroanded the venicle, and the Sheriff rode at the head of tbe procession, vigorously puffing a cigar—traly am attractive pageant. | Fully three thousand persons, fifty per cent of the, number being { MIDDLE AGED WOMEN : ‘and young girls‘ had come in from the surroundings ' country. Their male attendants devoted the hou pe execution to general Ina ate NUMEROUS DRINKS, the effect of which was soon apparent, The gallows ‘was erected on the slope of a hill, affording @ fal view to a] tors in the immediate vicinity, as w as those timid ones who chose places of ol i tue surrounding eminences irom @ quarter tq a le distant. When 16d up the steps of the scaffolo Heward was’ under the so mut INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR ‘i that he could scarcely stand upright, while hie utterances were maudiin and incoherent, eo course of the persons responsible for this condition , of @ man so near eternity was buttery. denounced by many of the better class present, but by the majority lis condition was made a subject of MUCH MERRIMENT. ‘ The cl en performed their duty to the best of their ability; but, in view of Howard's condition, ; Ube performance of Teligious duties was but hollow mockery of religion; a mere burlesque; a broad farce, which might well have been omitted. No human being with his z SENSES STUPEFIED with liquor {s in condition to realize the hopes of salvation held out by the tenets or our common relt~ gion as the rew: for repeniens even at the eleventh hour, and certainly Howard was not. A. sense of decency. and Propriety would have a dienated, an early conclusion e disgracetul spectacle of & man who had but a few minutes to live REELING UPON HIB 80, but instead Howard was afforded aie ~- rollicking; and JAFFOLD} abundant time by the Snefiff for a “dying speech,” in which he, ag, any other man 80 intoxicated, talked maudlin hon- sense, or might have uttered words in his deiirium) that would perchance bave blasted the reputation, of innocent men for life. The words of dying men, be what they may, have their weight. ren after this speech some dive minutes elapsed before the PALLING OF THE DROP, and daring this time Howard’s irreverent and fre« quently incoherent remarks were of such 8 nature a8 to occasionally provoke smiles and once a gen- eral langh, Bravado and religious utterances were strangely intermingled. Again referring to yellow cover literature, it ta, found thata “DYING CONFESSION” $ to be hawked around the streets for sale is a well established precedent, and the Sheriff had not for- gotten it, This confession, erpecten to have been Written by Howard himeeln, at puivately unders ave been the work of a fellow Prisoner, stood to was published in pamphiet form P by. the Sherif, that functionary stat to the rea e1 uuctionary st res porters, “I put my money into it ret | intend to get it out again.” It was rumored that this pubil< cation of the confession was originally designed for, . the pecuniary benefit of Howard's sister, diving in New York city, and that she refused to receive any money from such @ source, If the entire state- ment be true her refusal is certainly to her credit, In the case of the the ~ EXECUTION te one 1 { negro, Frederick, there waa mt less cere. monieus and ill-timed di ty ty lay than at Cumberland, but, nevertheless, the authorities. did their best to pander to the curtosity of the crowd by erecting the scaffold in the jail yard at such @ height we execution was i VISIBLE TO ‘THOSE OUTSIDE as well as within the grounds. This was wholly un~ necessary, and in no sense productive of any Dene- Mit to the cause of public justice. But the demands of the 6 tors Were not to be I! di ~~ by officials whose offices. are dependent upon theii personal popularity among the vovers of a county,, and arrangements for a good view for all present ‘was advisable. The ‘CONFESSION ') TRAFFIC was conducted on & limited seale only at Irrederick,, He not with the enterprise of the Cumberland dig~ itaries. Perchance yellow cover literature is not 80 easily obtainable at Frederick, or the Sheriff, ag 1s ufiderstood, declined having any connection with such speculations, and lett the matter to others =. WHOSE SCRUPLES were not 80 troublesome. At Marlboro the dd people seemed to have re+ ceived something of a scare at the rumor that there was a slight pe bility that the recommendation of mercy contained in the verdict of the jury might receive additional consideration from the Goversor at the ee senor rt am in ae reprieve or some other act of law other than the hanging o' the condemned, sid A FRIENDLESS COLORED GIRL, f scarcely more than fifteen years of age. When the rumor referred to: became generally current a pe- Uution was prepared and forwarded to the Governor raymg him in no case to delay the execution. The Fecommendation of the jury was based upon an im- ~ pression Which prevailed among its members, and also Many others present during the trial, that the girl ‘WAS SEMI-IDIOTIO, and a fit subject for careful attention in an msang asylum rather than deserving of the treatment of an ordinary criminal. Her spiritual advisers, both well, known Catholic clergymen, were confident that she Was not at any tlme responsible for her actions, and Busine pane pac Meg A entitled to weight. lemand for an execu satisfed and the parser lg CHILD WAS HUNG. AS one of the journals of Washington remarks— “It would have ie in juster accordance with the spirit of Christianity and equally subserving the ends of jnstios if this Poor, Trienaless, ball-witted child had been sent to the State Prison instead of mn the ice of eaver'ig a moeeing ot oa n in & mocl insulting of humanity.” ae deen 8 Maryland has had a day which will “fet aot aM tt no! en. I executions furnished to fully 20,000 pe ons hare. ment,” or at least “entertainment,” In view of the rea elinas a Beaten ant Words alone are applicable, ie JUSTIOR WAS SATI: but that the interests involved in ie | law and good order were advanced public apecseaien isa to i reservation of yy such dread Proposition which few close- of Christian civilization, pe et Ee ee Crass MUSICIANS.—The North Adams (Masé.) Chinamen, are organising a bund ‘ana have. To ceived their instruments, consisting of two drums, & gong, & pair of cymbals and a clarionet. 1hey the ‘ taste of the “musle